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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northeastern University

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Criminal Justice & Corrections at Northeastern University

If you plan to study criminal justice and corrections, take a look at what Northeastern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 22,905 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received their master's degree in criminal justice.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

Northeastern Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice
  • Doctorate Degree in Criminal Justice

Online Classes Are Available at Northeastern

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Northeastern offers distance education options for criminal justice at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Northeastern Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in criminal justice, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at Northeastern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Northeastern University.

Northeastern Criminal Justice & Corrections Master’s Program

88% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 34 criminal justice students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Northeastern, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

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Of the students who received a criminal justice master's degree from Northeastern, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northeastern University with a master's in criminal justice.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 23
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Accountants and Auditors 35,360 $81,460
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 16,830 $69,870
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 12,340 $48,670
Computer Workers 11,190 $92,110
Managers 8,660 $131,450

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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